I'm tired of eating human flesh

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>The family of Zanele Hlatshwayo, 25, who has been missing since July, believe she was a victim of a cannibalism ring that has so far led to the arrest of five men.

>Her decomposing body was found after a man who claimed to be a traditional healer handed himself over to police last week and confessed that he was tired of eating human flesh.

>Police officers had initially dismissed his statement, according to reports.

>It is only after he produced a bloodied hand and foot as proof that he was immediately arrested. He led them to his rented home, where police found eight human ears in a cooking pot.

>It is believed they were to be served to his customers, who were told they had magic properties and would convey money, power and protection.

>Several other body parts were found stuffed in a suitcase.

>The traditional healer lived in a rented hut in Rensburgdrift near Escourt.

>He rented the hut from Philani Magubane, whose brother was also arrested for being the traditional healer's alleged accomplice.

>"I was shocked to find out that my younger brother fell for the traditional healer's fairytales - he promised them wealth when he was just as poor as I am," Mr Magubane told me.

>He said that one his tenants had been complaining about the smell of rotting meat that was coming from his next door neighbour.

>It is alleged that he sent the young men to dig graves in the middle of the night so he could make magic charms known locally as "muti".

>"Most residents were shocked by this and now live in fear," but Mr Majola says others were not surprised.

>"A few confessed to have consulted with the traditional healer and knowingly ate human flesh," he said.

>"But what has angered most of us here is how gullible our people have become," saying that Mkhonyovu's customers were livestock thieves who were told he could make them invincible, even bulletproof, so that the police could not shoot them, said Mr Majola.